Bowing To Adobe, Microsoft Strips PDF Support From New Office

Anonymous Patron writes “To appease Adobe, Microsoft is planning to remove from Office 2007 the much-requested “save as PDF” feature found in the suite’s most recent beta release, a Microsoft executive said Friday.Microsoft’s confirmation of plans to alter Office 2007’s PDF support followed a report in Friday’s Wall Street Journal chronicling a breakdown in talks between the two companies about Microsoft’s plans to embrace Adobe’s PDF technology. Adobe has threatened to take legal actions against Microsoft in Europe, according to the WSJ report.”